As the guardian of the Book of Holy Grail, Marlin was sent to seek the inheritor of the book, which reacted only to talented magicians. But one day, she found the book had reaction to a simple junior-high boy who has no experience in any magic tricks...?
An American college professor named Parker picked up a stray puppy one day. He decided to keep it and named the puppy Hachi. A strong, loving bond grew between the two. Every day, Hachi would await his master's return at the train station. However, one day, Parker stopped returning from the train station as usual. Hachi, not able to accept his death, continued to wait in front of Bedridge Station every day… Another heart-warming, yet heart-wrenching tale of Hachi's love and loyalty from across the ocean. *Note: This is a manga adaptation of the 2009 film Hachi: A Dog's Tale.*
A story about a monster created out of a computer network. This is the first title in Ken Akamatsu's "Illegal Out-of-Print Manga File Purification Project." Which shares out of print manga online, in a number of languages, supported by ads.
One day, high school student Yuki Haruto was suddenly summoned as a hero to another world — together with his whole class. Once it was revealed that he had received neither the Gift granted to heroes nor the Hero title, the princess that summoned Haruto’s group had him removed from the group and “accompanied” out of the castle, since “someone useless would simply get in the way”. As soon as Haruto left the town, one of the princess’s knights attempted to kill him, by the order of the princess. The knight had stabbed Haruto, and he lost consciousness, waking up in the presence of a god. The god apologized for forgetting to grant him a gift and gave him “cheat” abilities such as the skill to create any skill he wished—
A young couple, Yuzu and Kiyoshi, and Kiyoshi's father, Junichi, who is suffering from the aftereffects of an accident, moved into a house in the countryside. When they entered the attic, they noticed a presence. A boy by the name of Hotaru had taken up residence in the attic. What is the identity of this mysterious boy? And what is the hidden past of Yuzu and her father-in-law, Junichi? (Source: Futabasha, translated)
This series tells the story of a bar where several mangaka come to visit. Each chapter is a short gag and interview with an artist that visits the bars. These collection of stories work as an artist to explain their unique styles and stories about some of their most famous series. The bar's patrons are: ASANO Inio Erichin FUJIWARA Satoshi FURUYA Usamaru HANAZAWA Kengo KOZAKI Ai MIYASHITA Hiroki MORISHIGE Takuma OSHIMI Shuzo SUENOBU Keiko UMINO Chica WAKASUGI Kiminori
Izumi Madono is a newly hired zookeeper, the job of her dreams. However, the realities of her new workplace are wilder than her imagination...?! A touching story about the bond between people and animals at a zoo! Supervision by Etsuo Narushima. (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
